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India,Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Illegal removal of vegetation and poaching,[Oral report by IUCN and the Secretariat]   
State of Conservation Score 7.0100937 Date 12/1991
473.
India, Monsoon rain (issue resolved)  Gradual deterioration and the structural instability ,
State of Conservation Score 6.974406 Date 12/2002
474.
Holy Sites in India Galapagos Islands Tropical Rain Forests Mount Athos Lalibela And also... Interview with Galo Leoro Franco New World Heritage Sites The World Heritage Convention in Action News
Publications Score 6.974406 Date 07/1997
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The word ‘Megalith’ has been derived from two Greek words ‘megas’ meaning big/large and ‘lithos’ means stone. The megalith is a nomenclature used for certain burial style which involves stone erect structures for dead. The megaliths have been reported from various parts of world such as Europe, Asia, Africa, Central and South America. The spatial horizon of distribution of ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.967773 Date 04/2021
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Chandigarh, India,Programme of the conference The major objective of this 2-day conference is to promote an understanding of the significance of the twentieth-century heritage, not only with its physical and visual attributes, but also with its historical, cultural and social dimensions. The conference also aims to examine the scope and the challenges of managing this ...
Events Score 6.954688 Date 10/2013
477.
,UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office, New Delhi The Next 50: Ways Forward for South Asia November 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the UNESCO World Heritage Convention. Over the past 50 years, the notion of culture, in particular of cultural heritage, has shifted from monument-centered towards people-centered and holistic approach. The understanding of cultural ...
Events Score 6.954688 Date 04/2023
480.
New Delhi, India,The triennial meeting of the International Council on Monuments and Sites will take place in New Delhi, India. From 11 to 15 December 2017, the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly will take place in New Delhi, India, accompanied by a Scientific Symposium on “Heritage & Democracy”. UNESCO will be represented by the Director of the Heritage Division and the ...
Events Score 6.9106927 Date 12/2017
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India,Poaching/Hunting; Armed conflict; Civil unrest.,Since the late ‘80s Bodo militants have restricted staff movements to effectively protect Manas. The Head of IUCN’s Protected Areas Programme for Asia informed a panel at the IUCN Asia Pacific meeting held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in December 2003, that the Government of India and the Bodo people had signed an ...
State of Conservation Score 6.899082 Date 06/2004
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India, Monsoon rain Gradual deterioration and the structural instability ,Previous deliberations: World Heritage Committee, twenty-first session - Chapter VII.5 World Heritage Bureau, twenty-third session - Chapter IV.62   New information:The World Heritage Centre has requested ICOMOS to arrange for a reactive monitoring mission to the site. The mission, as requested by ...
State of Conservation Score 6.89828 Date 10/1999
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30th session of the World Heritage Committee Vilnius, Lithuania 30COM 09 July - 16 July 2006 Committee Members Benin, Canada, Chile, Cuba, India, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lithuania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Morocco, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Republic of Korea, Spain, Tunisia, United States of America Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 6.89828 Date 07/2006
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12th session of the World Heritage Committee Brasilia, Brazil 12COM 05 December - 09 December 1988 Committee Members Algeria, Australia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Cuba, France, Greece, India, Italy, Lebanon, Malawi, Mexico, Norway, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Türkiye, United Republic of Tanzania, United States of America, Yemen Bureau Members ...
Committee Score 6.89828 Date 12/1988
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UNESCO Sub-regional Conference on World Heritage Global Strategy in the context of South Asia met in Kolkata (21-22 February 2019) released the Kolkata Recommendation as a strategy for future implementation of the World Heritage Global Strategy in the Sub-region. The Sub-regional Conference, attended by approximately 55 governmental officials, experts from Bangladesh, ...
News Score 6.8617973 Date 03/2019
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India, Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Destruction of Park infrastructures;  Illegal removal of vegetation; Poaching ,Principal issues: Rehabilitation following damage to infrastructure in 1992 due to rebel activities. Poaching on selected wildlife species. New information: At its twenty-fifth session in June 2001, the Bureau had noted that ...
State of Conservation Score 6.8319206 Date 10/2001
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The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is participating in the Annual Meeting of the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes in New Delhi, India, on 7–8 December 2017, ahead of the 19th ICOMOS General Assembly (11–15 December 2017). Organized by the International Scientific Committee on Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS-IFLA (ISCCL) and ICOMOS India, this two-day ...
News Score 6.809683 Date 12/2017
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India,,Previous deliberations: World Heritage Bureau, twenty-third session - Chapter  IV.60   New information: To follow-up on the decision of the Bureau at its twenty-third session, a World Heritage Centre staff carried out a mission to the World Heritage site of Goa in October 1999 as part of the reactive monitoring mission to the region. The mission was informed by the ...
State of Conservation Score 6.809683 Date 10/1999
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India, tree roots above the caves create cracks and increase water seepage into the caves, which leads to wall painting and sculpture damage and eventual structural instability; humidity increase within the caves caused by uncontrolled numbers of visitors which leads to fungus growth, attracting insects and eventually bats; inadequate security encourages vandalism and ...
State of Conservation Score 6.809683 Date 10/2001
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India, tree roots above the caves create cracks and increase water seepage into the caves, which leads to wall painting and sculpture damage and eventual structural instability; humidity increase within the caves caused by uncontrolled numbers of visitors which leads to fungus growth, attracting insects and eventually bats; inadequate security encourages vandalism and ...
State of Conservation Score 6.809683 Date 10/2001
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The Great Smoky Mountains National Park is hosting a World Heritage Fellow, Mr. Anoop K.R., Director of Keoladeo National Park in India and Deputy Conservator of Forests in the Bharatpur District of Rajasthan.  As a recognized World Heritage site, the Park is participating in this fellowship program which allows professionals from other heritage sites a unique ...
News Score 6.7713556 Date 05/2013
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India, Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Destruction of Park infrastructures (issue resolved); Illegal removal of vegetation; Poaching; Need to enable trans-border collaboration in the management of the site ,A UN Foundation planning grant project for preparing a World Heritage Biodiversity Programme for India (WHBPI) ...
State of Conservation Score 6.7549233 Date 06/2003
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The Heritage Office of the Instituto Colombiano de Cultura, COLCULTURA, organized the Caribbean Fortification Experts Meeting, financed by the UNESCO World Heritage Fund, for purposes of encouraging the inclusion of Caribbean Fortifications as a whole within the World Heritage List. The meeting was held during July 31- August 2, 1996, in Cartagena de Indias.Caribbean ...
Activities Score 6.734416 Date 06/2022
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New Delhi, India,Heritage and communities: inclusive and effective approaches for the sustainable management of World Heritage sites The 6th edition of the World Heritage Site Managers’ Forum was held in New Delhi, India, from 18 to 25 July 2024, in conjunction with the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee. The Forum brought together 82 professionals responsible ...
Events Score 6.6959815 Date 07/2024
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Bhedaghat, often referred to as the Grand Canyon of India, is a town in the Jabalpur district of Madhya Pradesh (India), around 25 kms from Jabalpur. One can experience the outstanding beauty of marble rocks and their various morphological glittering forms on either side of the graceful Narmada river which flows through the gorge. It has also been observed that the magical ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.67313 Date 04/2021
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Orchha is a historical town in the Niwari district of Madhya Pradesh, India with a total population of around 12,000 inhabitants. The town encompasses a very dense collection of the historical buildings, gardens and traditional housings. It was the seat of an eponymous former princely state of central India, in the Bundelkhand region. The historical settlement derived its ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.6248226 Date 04/2019
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India,Insurgency related threats resulting in destruction to park infrastructure and depletion of forest habitat and wildlife populations.,As requested by the Committee at its 28th session (Suzhou, 2004), an IUCN/WHC mission visited the property in April 2005. A detailed report will be available for consideration by the World Heritage Committee at its 29th session. ...
State of Conservation Score 6.6174984 Date 05/2005
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Will contribute resources towards site management, capacity building, alternative livelihoods for communities, research and fundraising activities. Objectives In April 2004, the World Heritage Centre entered into a US$ 5 million, biodiversity programme to protect India's World Heritage sites, Manas and Kaziranga and their endangered species including the one-horned ...
Activities Score 6.6045513 Date 06/2022
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The winner of the Heritage Heroes award was announced on 4 September 2016 at the 2016 IUCN World Conservation Congress in Hawaii, USA. The Director of the UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Dr Mechtild Rossler, congratulated the Heritage Hero nominees from Virunga National Park (DRC), Western Caucasus (Russian Federation) and Manas Wildlife Sanctuary (India). Mr. Bibhuti Lakhar ...
News Score 6.5675807 Date 09/2016
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The latest version of the World Heritage map, produced by the World Heritage Centre and Geo4Map with the generous support of India, can now be ordered from the World Heritage Centre website. The featured image on the map presents the Rani-ki-Vav (the Queen’s Stepwell) at Patan, Gujarat World Heritage property in India, country hosting the next session of the World Heritage ...
News Score 6.5675807 Date 07/2024
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India,Construction of a dam (issue resolved); Bodo people insurgency; Illegal removal of vegetation and poaching,The Secretariat informed the Bureau that the damage caused by the invasion of this Sanctuary by the Bodo tribe in Assam, India, was estimated to be about 50 million Indian rupees (about 1.6 million US dollars). Although considerable damage was done to the Park ...
State of Conservation Score 6.5675807 Date 10/1992
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Iran,This workshop, which is being held in the Islamic Republic of Iran, is the first of a series of itinerant workshops which will bring together site managers from a selection of World Heritage sites in Afghanistan, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as cultural heritage authorities. At present there is little or no cooperation ...
Events Score 6.5675807 Date 11/2007
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The World Heritage Centre has taken due note of concerns expressed by numerous citizens and NGOs regarding the recent agreement signed between Seychelles and India to establish a naval base on Assumption Island, located some 27 km from Aldabra Atoll World Heritage property (Seychelles). UNESCO appreciates the commitment of these stakeholders to the safeguarding of this ...
News Score 6.5137906 Date 03/2018
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India,Lack of management structure and management plan (issue resolved) ,On 31 January 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report which provides information on progress made in the implementation of Decision 35 COM 7B.68 made by the World Heritage Committee at its 35th session (UNESCO, 2011). The State Party reports on conservation activities ...
State of Conservation Score 6.5137906 Date 05/2013
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Istanbul, Turkey, 17 July—The World Heritage Committee this morning inscribed four new sites on the World Heritage List: the transnational serial site of The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, an Outstanding Contribution to the Modern Movement (Argentina, Belgium, France, Germany, India, Japan, Switzerland), along with sites in Antigua and Barbuda, Brazil and India. ...
News Score 6.5017586 Date 07/2016
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India,,Following information received from ICOMOS/ICCROM international experts concerning illegal encroachment within the site, the World Heritage Centre requested ICOMOS to organise a Reactive Monitoring Mission. The ICOMOS expert was expected to undertake this Mission in October 2000, at the time of preparation of this working document. The findings and recommendations ...
State of Conservation Score 6.479601 Date 10/2000
510.
India, tree roots above the caves create cracks and increase water seepage into the caves, which leads to wall painting and sculpture damage and eventual structural instability; humidity increase within the caves caused by uncontrolled numbers of visitors which leads to fungus growth, attracting insects and eventually bats; inadequate security encourages vandalism and ...
State of Conservation Score 6.479601 Date 12/2002
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India, tree roots above the caves create cracks and increase water seepage into the caves, which leads to wall painting and sculpture damage and eventual structural instability; humidity increase within the caves caused by uncontrolled numbers of visitors which leads to fungus growth, attracting insects and eventually bats; inadequate security encourages vandalism and ...
State of Conservation Score 6.479601 Date 12/2002
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From 7 to 9 November 2011, experts from the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) undertook an advisory mission to examine development projects affecting the World Heritage site "Cathedral, Alcázar and Archivo de Indias in Sevilla", inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1987. At its three last sessions, the World Heritage Committee discussed ...
News Score 6.4440117 Date 01/2012
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India,Construction of a dam (issue resolved),The Bureau heard a verbal report from IUCN that this site had been invaded in February 1989 by several hundreds of local Bodo tribes people and this had caused great damage to the park and loss Of life. The Indian authorities had sent in the police to halt further destruction, but the problem of illegal encroachment was still ...
State of Conservation Score 6.4440117 Date 10/1989
518.
,The UNESCO World Heritage Centre is co-orgnizing the Sub-regional workshop for South Asian Silk Roads Transboundary Serial Nomination and Cultural Landscape Initiatives, 6 - 7 December, 2021, Kathmandu, Nepal, with the Department of Archaeology (DOA), Ministry of Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation of Nepal, in close cooperation with the UNESCO Office in Kathmandu, as a ...
Events Score 6.4440117 Date 12/2021
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Cellular Jail is situated on South Andaman Island, one of 572 islands forming Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India. Inhabited since 2000 years, the islands were occupied by Europeans in the middle of 18th century. Few years later, British established naval base and a penal settlement on Chatham Island which was later shifted Viper Island. The idea of ...
Tentative Lists Score 6.4342375 Date 04/2014
520.
India, Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’) (project suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004) Tourist access road (issue resolved) ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation ...
State of Conservation Score 6.426363 Date 05/2013
521.
India, Development project negatively impacting the World Heritage value of the properties of Taj Mahal and Agra Fort (‘Taj Heritage Corridor Project’) (project suspended by the Indian authorities in 2004) Tourist access road (issue resolved) ,On 1 February 2013, the State Party submitted a state of conservation report that addresses the progress made in the implementation ...
State of Conservation Score 6.426363 Date 05/2013
522.
World Heritage is the designation for places on Earth that are of outstanding universal value to humanity and as such, have been inscribed on the World Heritage List to be protected for future generations to appreciate and enjoy. Places as diverse and unique as the Pyramids of Egypt, the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, Galápagos Islands in Ecuador, the Taj Mahal in India, ...
FAQ Score 6.4188814 Date 12/2018
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